Critic Names Star Wars Prequel as World's Best Modern Art

[mdqp]

but it's devoid of all meaning and purpose.

Believe it or not, I guess that's the current definition of art, they just forgot to let people know about it.

See my post? A perfect example of art! ;p

 

[Azuaron]

Wait wait wait... she has a problem with "ham-handed fakery," but thinks Revenge of the Sith is the best piece of art in the last thirty years?

Come on, if you're going to be absurd, at least be consistent about it.

 

[Something Amyss]

So there's a Michael Patcher in the film world?

 

[Harker067]

It's just not exactly an arc when he goes from slaughtering women and children in one movie to slaughtering children in the next movie. When was Anakin good again? The emperor's plan also relied on stupidity from everyone involved. The films are not terrible but they squander most of their ideas. The ideas are meaningless without proper execution and that is mostly fumbled. Course if you wanted a movie of flashy style over substance and execution to epitomize the average movie these days star wars 3 was probably a good choice.

 

[Starke]

Its obvious that this isnt praise for lucas's work but rather a damning of the state of modern art. Note she refers to artists as if referring to painters, sculptors and the like. If I was an artist I'd be feeling pretty low right about now considering someone just said a piece of commercial effluence is better then the work I was producing.

I think you hit the nail on the head there. Well, that combined with a genuine belief that modern art is filled with garbage that thinks it's meaningful. Though if I was a sculptor or painter, I'd probably be looking at her and saying she's cracked. As a writer I'm more inclined look at a lot of writing in pop culture and say, "yeah, more or less, who actually reads/watches/plays this shit?"

 

[Bobic]

Everyone sing it with me now!


Though this is a great way to insult every artist of the past 30 years, quite impressive really.

 

[Irridium]

Simple. The greatest work of art produced in our time is Timesplitters.

 

[josemlopes]

Does she hate sand too? I bet sand killed her younglings a long, long time ago

 

[Nihlus2]

Well this is going to escalate quickly.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

I loved Episode 3 but I'm not so sure about "best piece of art in the last 30 years".

And I care not for labels such as artistic. It all seems pointless when the whole art thing is subjective anyway.

I agree with the art critic that the long final lightsaber duel represents modern filmmaking. It's a hyper-choreographed, inconsequential CGI-fest interspersed with a handful of awful and bizarre one-liners standing in for dialogue. I'll admit that it's technically impressive and, no doubt, many an artist worked many a man-hour on it, but it's devoid of all meaning and purpose.

I'd have to disagree. It was there to show that the dark sides corruption on Anakin was stronger than his friendship with Obi-Wan. The lightsaber fight itself was to show their ability in perspective of each other (which is something a hell of a lot of people wanted) and the CGI was bonus.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Well she did say Modern Art, so she may have a point.

Well if there is one thing in this world than Revenge of the Sith is better than, it would be modern art.

 

[samahain]

I'm going to the public library (where they lend free books BTW) and I'm reading it.
The thing is better make a damn good point.

 

[gardian06]

Does she hate sand too? I bet sand killed her younglings a long, long time ago

she probably doesn't realize it because it happened in a galaxy far, far away.

OT: and here come black eye to every person interested in Modern art.

 

[Frostbite3789]

Thank you Camille Padliga. It only took 7 years for a respected critic to say the very thing I've been saying since 2005, but at finally we have someone with some actual sense here.

She's so respected the first result when you google her name is this story. And two "Are you sure you spelled the right thing?" corrections.

OT: Attention seeker makes comment trying to garner attention. News at 11.

Edit: The first two link to this story on this site. The only other 4 results link to this same story on different sites.

 

[Brotherofwill]

I like what I read from her statements. I don't agree with it, but I like the strong, unfiltered opinion and honest criticism. We need more critics that just say what they mean, kind of what she hinted at as well.

No more wishy washy filtered half-corporate bullshit that oozes out of reviews these days.

 

[EmperorSubcutaneous]

She has been a crazy person who enjoys being a contrarian for attention for at least 22 years. (Just try reading Sexual Personae and tell me otherwise.) Nothing to see here.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

She does realise that there is a fairly sizable portion of the population that thinks that 'modern art' is a bunch of prentious bullc#@p?